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Anxiety, anxiety, “It’s going to be so bad!” “This stressful thing is going to make this the worst day I’ve had!” So many people tell themselves and others who will hear They hope someone will hold their hand and help them conquer fear Perhaps if they spent more time reaching for that fear’s thin throat And squeezing the life out of it, instead of cry, they’d gloat “I am a conqueror! I faced my fear right in the eye! I risked it all and told it that one of us now will die!” I am a Warrior because a thousand times I’ve faced My fears head-on and not once did my fears lay me to waste Turn off your worried mind and don’t lament of what may be Instead put one foot forward, then the other, and be free Of what torments so many others, fear of pain or death A Warrior is not afraid of breathing their last breath And so each monster, tragedy, each storm and act of God Is merely an illusion, it is all just fear’s facade A weak, pathetic attempt to discourage and deceive Futile attempts to make the faithful not believe “I will not die, I will survive, I’ll thrive, I will endure” Putting one foot forward is the Warrior’s Fear-Cure